The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-08-17

offered by these excursions.
AT the school-meeting last Wednesday
evening but sixteen voters were present.
The treasurer's report for the past year
showed the expenses of the schools to have
been SG,126.5G and an expenditure of $1,000
was recommended for the coming year. A
tax of ten cents on the dollar of the grand
list was voted and the treasurer was author
lied to borrow money not exceeding Sl,OOO
in amount The following officers were
chosen Moderator, Fred Blanchard dis
trict clerk, Hiram Carleton; member of
committee from district No. |, ID. G. Kemp;
from district No. ., l.. 2. Gleason; treasurer
a. w. Ferrin; collector, ID. p. Clarke;
auditors, 7. G. Marvin, j. G. Houghton and
f. l.. Eaton.
AMONG the recent arrivals at the Pavilion
were Hon. j. Gregory Smith, Colonel f. G.
Smith, j. W. Hobart, j. NJ. Foss, f. a.
Chittenden, st. Albans; Mrs. r. Evans,
Miss f. Evans, Chicago E. Boyle and wife,
Milwaukee; f. G. Taylor, San Francisco;
c. A. Prouty, Newport, Vt; MIS-. f. l..
Brooks and children, Milton Hill, Mass;
Miss +. II. Dean, Taunton, Mass; Hon. r.
Cambridge, Mass. j. II. Sterling, Paul
Sterling, Bridgeport, CT; j. NJ Van Cott
and wife, Brooklyn; j. j. Smith, Cleve-
land; j. G.. Hoyt and wife, Utica; w. S.
Whitney, Boston; II. o. Deming and wife,
Oswego; Mrs. III. p. Oatman, East Orange,
n. j.; f. p. Browne and wife, Boston; A.
II. Young and wife, Minneapolis; j. w.
Grant, St. Stephen, n. b.
If you want ten times your moneys worth
of solid fun, go down to the baseball park
next week Tuesday afternoon, pay your
twenty-five cents and witness the most
ludicrous sight of the season. S. C. Ehurt-
left, A. J. Sibley, c, S; Whittier, w. E.
Harlow L. B. Brooks, William Miller, a.
II. Baker, w. I. Dewey, j. NJ Boutwell,,
d. A. Guptil, w. II. Herrick, George II.
Rolfe John III. Senter, II. A. Huse, III. w.
Kemp, G. a. Bailey, w. o. Standish, John
l.. Tuttle, ID. G. Kemp, A. d. Farwell, G.
=. Pitkin, o. ID. Clark, f. A. Dewey, j. w.
Peck, F. A Adams and f. II. Puffer have
signed a solemn compact to give on that oc-
casion an exhibition of their agility and
skill in a match game of baseball between
mines chosen from their number by Captains
S. G. Shurtleff and A. j. Sibley. The game
will be begun by the older signers and the
younger men will be substituted as the
former become disabled or exhausted. W.
A. Lord will umpire the game scientifically
and the proceeds will probably 60 into the
treasury of the local baseball association.
Be sure to see that game and let the ladies
share your enjoyment.
HE ueClSlOu OF lne railroad COI1HlSSlou-
ers of Vermont upon the death of John E.
Mcclure of this village on the 21st ultimo
will be of interest to Montpelier readers of
the WATCHMAN. The concluding paragraph
| is timely and reasonable. The board say
John f. Mcclure of Montpelier, fireman
on an extra freight-train from Montpelier to
| Summit station, the height of grade on the
Montpelier & Wells River railroad. sus-
tanned injuries July 2lst last from which he
died two days following He went out on
the side of the engine to the pilot and
jumped down upon the track in front of it
to go and turn switch. Stepping upon a
new cross-tie he slipped and fell between
! the rails, and before he could recover him
self the pilot of the engine caught his foot
and he was crushed under the machine.
! His left arm was badly lacerated and he re-
ceived a scalp wound and severe internal
injuries which caused his death. 1t appears
from the evidence taken in this case and
the statement of the young man himself,
| just after the accident, that the engine was
moving slowly and ran but few feet after
the pilot caught him, and that the accident
was the result of his own lack of proper
caution. Had he left the engine in the
usual way and gone along the side of the
track the accident doubtless would not have
happened. He was only little past six
teen years of age. The board notes that in
| three accidents which it has been required
| to investigate and report a youthful person
has been responsible for the same, either by
reason of negligence or want of a proper eX-
ercse of caution. While our youth are to
be commended for aspiring to occupy posi-
tions of trust, it would seem that in railroad
service especially the safety of the travel
ing public, as well as that of the railroad
employees themselves, demand that there
| should not be intrusted to them duties OF
danger and responsibility exceeding the
measure of their years"
ONE of the most daring house burglaries
on record in Montpelier occurred a little
past two o'clock last Friday morning, The
Riverside " being the place of operation
and Mr.. and Mrs. II. c. Gleason the victims
The miscreants obtained a ladder from the
premises of III. n. Taplin and by means Of
| it ascended to a second-story window on the
west side of the house opening into apart
ments occupied by Mr.. and Mrs. Gleason
The window was open and provided with d
screen, the meshes of which the marauderS
cut with a pair of scissors. Thus enabled
to raise the screen, they entered the room
adjoining the sleeping-room and thence pro
ceeded to the latter room. Mr.. Gleason's
pants were taken to the room first entered
and the pockets were relieved of a small
sum of money and the store keys. From q
vest which hung in closet opening from
the sleeping apartment valuable watcl
was removed and Mrs. Gleason's jewelry
case, with its contents, was taken from the
bureau. Clothing was scattered about pro
miscuously and the floor was strewn witt
burnt matches. Mrs. Gleason was awakened
by the disturbance, but did not realize it!
nature until she had arisen and lighted tn,
gas AT about the same time Mr.. Henry
Fullerton, who was also aroused, appeared
at Mr.. Gleason's door. Meantime the burg
lars had decamped with their booty, taking
care to remove the ladder and deposit i
behind the Riverside barn The noise oc
casoned by the dropping of the ladder ant
the voices and footsteps of two men in the
yard We're heard by Mrs. j. w. Severance
one of the neighbors. At the earliest pos
sible moment chase was given by Officers
and others, but without avail. Mr.. Gleason
who quite naturally inferred that the mel
might have malicious designs upon TIL,
store of which he is one of the proprietors
FASTENED to his place of business and stooC
on guard the remainder of the night. 1t Il
believed to have been the purpose of tn,
thieves to visit other apartments in tn
house, and that they were interrupted be
fore there was time for doing this was for
tunate. There is no clue to their identity.
Base Ball.